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Re: [Bug-wget] [PATCH] Add support for --retry-http503
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Tim Ruehsen |
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Re: [Bug-wget] [PATCH] Add support for --retry-http503 |
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Tue, 31 Jan 2017 12:55:19 +0100 |
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On Tuesday, January 31, 2017 11:24:33 AM CET Giuseppe Scrivano wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> Tom Szilagyi <address@hidden> writes:
> > Consider HTTP 503 (Service unavailable) as a non-fatal, transient
> > error. Normally Wget gives up immediately on receiving this HTTP
> > response. Certain special use cases might require Wget to retry even
> > in the face of this error. With this option, such retries are
> > performed subject to the normal retry timing and retry count
> > limitations of Wget. Using this option is generally not recommended.
>
> thanks for working on it. If we are going to add something like this, I
> think it should be made more generic. What about something like:
>
> --retry-on-http-error=503,504,505...
I think that this is a good idea. There are also 4xx and 9xx codes where
retries could make sense (e.g. 429 - Too Many Requests) under certain
conditions.
The 503 response could contain 'Retry-After', a suggestion for the time of the
next retry. Does it make sense to support it ?
Tim
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